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What is the adjective for governessy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs govern, governess, governmentalize and governmentalise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

governmental
  1. Relating to a government
  2. Relating to governing.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Both supplementary bodies are composed of experts acting as governmental representatives.”
      “Just as we were there protecting the electoral system and the governmental system, here we are asked to protect the judicature.”
      “His eight models are absurdist and visionary monuments to human, societal, and governmental follies, abominations, and questionable policies.”
governable
  1. Capable of being governed or subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The portions of cyberspace that appear to be easily governable are also relatively small.”
      “Education was the means by which elites could pacify the people as a collective, rendering them governable through moral suasion.”
      “We were supposed to become unthinking, obedient, silent and submissive so as to be governable, exploitable and harmless.”
governorly
  1. (rare) That resembles, is appropriate for, or is related to a governor.
governmentlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of government.
governesslike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a governess.
governmentwide
  1. Extending throughout a government
  2. Examples:
    1. “It's early in the governmentwide reorganization of homeland security, and the ultimate role of the US military is still in play.”
      “By contrast, there is no governmentwide guidance delineating the roles and responsibilities of agencies managing border security programs.”
governmentless
  1. Without a government.
governessy
  1. (informal) governesslike
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In exasperation, Anne marched over and grabbed him in her firmest governessy hold.”
      “In her literature, however, she has got that instructing, governessy tone which is almost hard to bear.”
      “The latter do not always meet with the approval of Ellie Piercy's Celia, whose more strait-laced governessy anxieties make a fine foil to Terry's unaffected openness.”
governessless
  1. (rare) Without a governess.
governed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of govern
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Angry protests against public spending cuts are frequently witnessed in a democratically governed state.”
      “The news feed revamped into a single algorithmically governed feed in the autumn of 2011.”
governing
governessed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of governess
governessing
  1. present participle of governess
governmentalized
governmentalizing
governmentalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of governmentalise
governmentalising
  1. present participle of governmentalise
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